[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville hereby finds and declares it to be in the public interest to provide for the regulation of certain conduct in public places within the Village of Dansville.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Any alcoholic beverage as so defined by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
INTENT TO CONSUME
Includes any of the following: drinking from the container; possession with movement of the container to the mouth and any circumstances evidencing an intent to ultimately consume in any public place.
OPEN CONTAINER
Includes any bottle, can, cup, glass receptacle or similar article suitable for or used to hold any liquid, which has been uncapped, uncorked, the tab removed or the top sliced, cut or broken, or its original condition altered or its original condition allows in such a way that the liquid can flow out of it.
PERMITTED PUBLIC PLACES
Includes a fair, picnic, block party, sidewalk activity or other community gathering in any public place as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville.
PUBLIC PLACE
A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, including but not limited to any highway, street, road, alley, bypass, sidewalk, parking area, shopping area, playground, park or recreation facility located within the Village of Dansville, except that the definition of a "public place" shall not include those premises duly licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises or within and on private property that is not a "public place" as defined in this section.
No person shall carry, transport or have in his possession with the intent to consume in any public place, other than permitted public places, any open, resealed or partly empty bottle, can, container or similar article containing an alcoholic beverage of any kind or description as defined by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250, imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment for each offense.